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Telicota augias [South Indian Insects,” pp. 419-420, fig. 294] 
occurs in small numbers on sugarcane, the larva rolling the leaves, but 
it is at most a very minor pest. 
Leucophlebia lineata has never been noticed as a pest of cane in 
India but has been described as a minor pest in Java and Formosa 
and may at times be found in India also. The life-history is briefly 
described and figured in Entomological Note 65, Bulletin. 59. 
Marasmia trapezalis [“ South Indian Insects, pp. 432-433, tab. 33] 
occurs commonly on jwar, maize and other cereals and occasionally on 
cane but is not a pest of cane. 
In Bengal Marasmia trapezalis is noticed on cane leaves but only Mr. P. C. Sen. 
a small amount of damage is done. 
Phidodonta modesta {“* South Indian Insects,” p. 315, tab. 9] occurs Mr. Fletcher. 
in most parts of India as a minor pest of sugarcane. It is known in 
the Northern Districts of Madras, in Bihar and from Surat ii Bombay. 
The larva mines the leaves and the beetles also eat the leaf. Control 
is not usually required but, where this is necessary, the mined leaves 
and adult beetles can be collected and destroyed. 
The specimens from Surat and from Pusa, standing in the Pusa Mr. & R. Dutt. 
Collection under the name Phidodonta modesta, apparently belong to 
two distinct species. 
It is quite likely that two or more of these Hispine occur on cane Mr. Fletcher. 
in India. This is another example of the need for exact identification. 
The Pusa species, whatever it is, is a very minor pest of cane. 
Astycus lateralis we have from sugarcane at Tatkon, in Burma. It 
is not a pest of cane, so far as we know. 
Tanymecus scvurus [Fauna of India, Curculionide, Vol. 1, pp. 76-78, 
fig. 25] has been found on cane at Pusa on two occasions, and Tanymecus 
hispidus (l.c., p. 98] has also been found on cane at Pusa, but both are 
not known to be pests. 
Thrips occasionally occur on cane in most districts but we seem to 
know very little about them in India, so they probably do not do any 
great amount of damage. 
Does anyone know of any other pests of cane-leaves 2 
In the Seoni District of the Central Provinces Cantharis actwon Mr. Ratiram. 
eats the leaves of sugarcane and appears as a sporadic pest at the end 
of September. 
We have never found it on sugarcane in Bihar. The end of Sep- Mr. Fletcher. 
tember seems a very late date. In Bihar it is generally found in July 
[see Entomological Note 35, Bulletin 59]. 
In the Central Provinces Centipedes have been noticed to eat the Mr. Ratiram. 
leaves of sugarcane. 
